DoomsdaysCW<p>HT <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Lilith111" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Lilith111</span></a></span> - Judge overturns right-of-way for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopperWorld</span></a> across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SantaRita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SantaRita</span></a> Experimental Range</p><p>Sep 19, 2024<br>by Paul Ingram</p><p>"A judge in Maricopa County ruled that state officials violated open meeting law when it approved the value of a right-of-way for the Copper World mine project, located 35 miles southeast of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tucson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tucson</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SantaRitaMountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SantaRitaMountains</span></a>.</p><p>"Owned by the Toronto-based Hudbay Inc., Copper World has faced a barrage of criticisms and legal challenges from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> groups, who have argued the open pit mine would seriously affect the Santa Ritas and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SantaCruzRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SantaCruzRiver</span></a>. Proponents have argued the mine's $1.7 billion investment will generate nearly $250 million in property taxes, and create more than 400 direct jobs and up to 3,000 indirect jobs in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arizona</span></a> <br>[...]</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hudbay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hudbay</span></a> originally sought to build the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RosemontMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RosemontMine</span></a>, planning a half-mile deep pit across nearly 2,500 acres in the Santa Rita Mountains. However that effort faced fierce opposition from environmental groups who argued the mine and its tailings in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoronadoNationalForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoronadoNationalForest</span></a> would bury thousands of acres within the range of the endangered northern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jaguar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jaguar</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ocelot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ocelot</span></a>, as well as nearly a dozen other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endangered</span></a> and critical plants and animals."</p><p><a href="https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091924_copper_world_ruling/judge-overturns-right-of-way-copper-world-across-santa-rita-experimental-range/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor</span><span class="invisible">t/091924_copper_world_ruling/judge-overturns-right-of-way-copper-world-across-santa-rita-experimental-range/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoOpenPitMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoOpenPitMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalImpact</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleCopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RecycleCopper</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoCopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoCopperMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a></p>